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1 These are the words of Amos, one of the sheep farmers from Tekoa. He saw ⌊a vision⌋ about Israel during the reigns of Judah’s King Uzziah and Israel’s King Jeroboam, son of Joash. This happened two years before the earthquake.

2 He said:

The Lord roars from Zion,

and his voice thunders from Jerusalem.

The pastures of the shepherds are turning brown,

and the top of ⌊Mount⌋ Carmel is dried up.

Damascus Will Be Judged for Its Crimes

3 This is what the Lord says:

Because Damascus has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime,

I will not change my plans.

The Arameans have crushed ⌊the people of⌋ Gilead

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